IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS081007
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS081007
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Keith lab
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63846
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.6194458
  • Std. Longitude: -100.7936096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet S, 1500 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Garden City 3 NE, KS - USGS Quadrangle
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; fine granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04805
    Bt—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04806
    Btk—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04807
    Bck—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04808. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    Ck1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04809. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    Ck2—91 to 157 centimeters (35.8 to 61.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04810
    Ck3—157 to 191 centimeters (61.8 to 75.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04811
    2C1—191 to 229 centimeters (75.2 to 90.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04812
    2C2—229 to 262 centimeters (90.2 to 103.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04813. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    2C3—262 to 292 centimeters (103.1 to 115.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04814. few medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    3Ck—292 to 315 centimeters (115.0 to 124.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; massive; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04815
    4C—315 to 358 centimeters (124.0 to 140.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; loam; massive; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04816. few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    4Ck—358 to 394 centimeters (140.9 to 155.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; clay loam; massive; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04817. common fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations